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TIL that on the day of the Deepwater Horizon explosion, officials from BP were on board to congratulate the crew for "7 years of operations without a time-loss incident"

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V6Qk TIL that the 8 year old Afghani skateboarder on the front page was killed in a suicide attack on September 8th, 2012. Here is the news update from the school.
nedPd TIL that only about 43% of the human body's cells are human. The rest are microscopic organisms.
X0Zoj TIL in 2000, Galoob Toys Inc. recalled about 8.9 million Sky Dancers flying dolls after receiving reports of injures which resulted from the doll striking adults and children, such as scratched corneas, broken teeth, a mild concussion, a broken rib, and facial lacerations that required stitches
JGRj TIL the island of Puerto Rico was originally named “San Juan Bautista” and the capital city was called “Puerto Rico”. Eventually traders and visitors came to refer to the entire island as Puerto Rico, while San Juan became the name used for the main port and the capital city.
aDEL TIL In 1968 in Mattoon, Illinois, a small restaurant called “Burger King” won a lawsuit against the giant fast food chain of the same name because they had trademarked the name first. Today, there are no Burger Kings legally allowed within 20 miles if the Mattoon location.